Reconstruction:Proto-Basque/-kunbe

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This Proto-Basque entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Basque[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *unbe (“child”) with expressive -k-.

Suffix[edit]

*-kunbe

  1. Forms names for the young of various animals, -ling, -let

Descendants[edit]

  • Basque: -kume

References[edit]

  • “ume” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
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